36 “CARROTS.”

trustworthy nurses whose notions are strong
on the point of everything being told to
“mamma.” But she perfectly understood
Floss’s hesitation; and though she might not
have been able to put her feeling into words,
she felt that it might do the child harm to
thwart her delicate instinct.

«Well, nurse?” said Floss at last.

«Well, Miss Flossie, I don’t think for once
I shall be doing wrong in letting you have a
secret. When will you begin? This is Thurs-
day; on Saturday your mamma will give me
the week’s sugar. Suppose you begin on Sun-
day? But does Master Carrots quite under-
stand?”

“Oh, yes,” said Floss confidently ; “he un-
derstands; don’t you, dear?”

“Oh, yes,” said Carrots; “we won't eat not
any sugar, Floss and me, for a great long
time, and nurse will tie it up in a parcel with
a string round, and mamma will buy it, and
give us a great lot of pennies, and then, and

then’? —he began to jump about with delight